SUMMARY:
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Prime Minister Vasile Tarlev Presides at the Meting of Governmental
Commission for Central Public Administration Reform in Moldova
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Governmental Commission for CPA Reform Approves Modernization Priorities
for Central Public Authorities for 2008
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Methodology for Ministerial Development Plans is in its Final Phase
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Government Appoints Head of the Policy Coordination Analysis Department
within the Government Office
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News in Brief
Public Administration Reform Coordination Unit (Experts Group within Government Office)
Piaţa Marii Adunări Naţionale, 1, Chişinău, MD – 2033, Republica Moldova, Tel.: 250 352, 250 132
e-mail: [email protected], www.rapc.gov.md
Prime Minister Vasile Tarlev Presides at the Meting of Governmental Commission
for Central Public Administration Reform in Moldova
After Ion Ababii, Minister of Health presented the report on the CPA reform progress at the
meeting held on the 12th of October 2007 the members of the commission came to the
conclusion that the ministry fulfilled most of the actions foreseen by the Reform Strategy
by now. For the purpose of consolidating the activity, the ministry proposed the setting up
of some subordinated institutions which would ensure the implementation of policies in the
field of the technical-material equipment of the medical-sanitary institutions, as well as in
that of sanitary management.
The Prime Minister highly appreciated the initiation of the elaboration of a complex
development plan by and for the Ministry of Health. Vasile Tarlev noticed that, at the
moment, the Ministry of Health was the first central public administration institution,
which had initiated the elaboration of such a plan for the purpose of making its activity
more efficient.
At the same time, according to the Premier, all the ministries and other central
administrative authorities were to elaborate and implement development plans.
The Head of the Executive emphasized the necessity to promote the best central public
administration reformation practices of some ministries.
Governmental Commission for CPA Reform Approves Modernization Priorities for
Central Public Authorities for 2008
The Government priorities for 2008 in the context of the central public administration
reform were discussed at the meeting of the governmental commission for CPA reform,
presided over by the Prime Minister Vasile Tarlev and held on October 12, 2007.
After examining the draft action plan presented by the Public Administration Reform
Coordination Unit on the progress of the Central Public Administration Reform Strategy
for 2008, the members of the Commission encouraged the majority of the proposed actions.
According to the Action Plan on the progress of the CPA Reform Strategy for 2008, in the
context of CPA reorganization all the ministries will draft development plans for 3 years
and will set up policy analysis, monitoring and evaluation departments, the Government
will examine the law on public function and statute of civil servant, etc.
For the purpose of improving the decision-making process a mechanism of optimizing the
existent monitoring and reporting system will be developed in 2008; besides, an integrated
informational document circulation system will be implemented within public authorities,
the mechanism of complex impact assessment of the drafts of normative acts and policy
documents will be improved.
Public Administration Reform Coordination Unit (Experts Group within Government Office)
Piaţa Marii Adunări Naţionale, 1, Chişinău, MD – 2033, Republica Moldova, Tel.: 250 352, 250 132
e-mail: [email protected], www.rapc.gov.md
Other actions planned for 2008 in the context of human resources management
improvement is the launch of the integrated informational system related to the
management of the civil service personnel “Registry of Public Functions and Civil
Servants”, development of a mechanism of establishing individual salaries for some
categories of officials pursuant to the legislation in force, etc.
According to the Governmental Commission, the draft plan is to be additionally consulted
with all the concerned institutions and then submitted for approval by the end of the year.
Methodology for Ministerial Development Plans is in its Final Phase
Ministerial development plans (3 year cycle) shall be elaborated according to the
methodology establishing the procedure and the phases of plan elaboration and which will
be approved by the Government.
According to the draft document, which has been submitted for comments within CPAA,
the development plan of a ministry or other central administrative body will include the
medium term development objectives and the capacities, resources and activities for the
achievement of these objectives, as well as the expected results. At the same time, the
respective plans should correspond to the priorities set by the Government and to the
available financial resources from the public budget.
The draft methodology also foresees that the elaboration of the concerned plans will be
done by a working group set up in each ministry by the order of the minister. While
carrying out this activity the ministries will be assisted by local and international
consultants, employed with the support of the Trust Fund for CPA reform.
The ministerial development plan is intended to be a unified instrument of reporting,
designed to substitute tens of reporting documents existent at the moment.
Government Appoints Head of the Policy Coordination Analysis Department within
the Government Office
The Government appointed Oleg Rotary, Deputy Head of Government Office as Head of
Policy Coordination Analysis Department at the meeting held on October 3, 2007.
The Policy Coordination Analysis Department has been set up by the Government
according to the recommendations of the Functional Review carried out in 2005-2006 in
the context of the central public administration reform. The mission of the department is to
ensure coordination of the policy document elaboration process according to the priorities
of the governance program, as well as to provide methodological assistance to ministries in
the elaboration and policy document impact assessment.
Public Administration Reform Coordination Unit (Experts Group within Government Office)
Piaţa Marii Adunări Naţionale, 1, Chişinău, MD – 2033, Republica Moldova, Tel.: 250 352, 250 132
e-mail: [email protected], www.rapc.gov.md
News in Brief
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The joint stock company “Quo Vadis” has been selected as a result of a request for bids
procedure to conduct English training courses starting with November this year for
about 300 civil servants within central offices of the central public administration
authorities.
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Prime Minister Vasile Tarlev discussed at a meeting with the representatives of the
World Bank the actions planned for 2008 for the implementation of the CPA Reform
Strategy. According to the World Bank, the Action Plan for 2008 is an ambitious one
and ensures the achievement of some significant progress in the context of CPA reform:
in the field of consolidation of policy analysis and coordination system for the purpose
of decision-making process optimization and in the field of implementation of the Law
on Public Function and Statute of Civil Servant, as well as of improvement of grading
and classification system within civil service.
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Letter „News of central public administration reform are welcome”.
Public Administration Reform Coordination Unit (Experts Group within Government Office)
Piaţa Marii Adunări Naţionale, 1, Chişinău, MD – 2033, Republica Moldova, Tel.: 250 352, 250 132
e-mail: [email protected], www.rapc.gov.md